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Absolute monarchy

January 01, 1970

Absolute monarchy[1][2] is a form of monarchy in which the sovereign is the sole source of political power, unconstrained by constitutions, legislatures or other checks on their authority.[3]

Salman bin Abdulaziz and Haitham bin Tariq are the absolute monarchs of Saudi Arabia and Oman, respectively.

The absolutist system of government saw its high point in Europe during the 16th and 17th century, associated with a form of rule unconstrained by the former checks of feudalism, embodied by figures such as Louis XIV of France, the "Sun King". Attempting to establish an absolutist government along continental lines, Charles I of England viewed Parliament as unnecessary, which would ultimately lead to the English Civil War (1642–51) and his execution. Absolutism declined substantially, first following the French Revolution, and later after World War I, both of which led to the popularization of modes of government based on the notion of popular sovereignty.Nonetheless, it provided an ideological foundation for the newer political theories and movements that emerged to oppose liberal democracy, such as Legitimism and Carlism in the early 19th century, or "integral nationalism" in the early 20th century.

Absolute monarchies include Brunei, Eswatini,[4] Oman,[5] Saudi Arabia,[6] Vatican City,[7] and the individual emirates composing the United Arab Emirates, which itself is a federation of such monarchies – a federal monarchy.[8][9] Though absolute monarchies are sometimes supported by legal documents, they are distinct from constitutional monarchies, in which the authority of the monarch is restricted (e.g. by legislature or unwritten customs) or balanced by that of other officials, such as a prime minister.[3]

Historical examples of absolute monarchies edit

 
World's states coloured by systems of government:
Parliamentary systems: Head of government is elected or nominated by and accountable to the legislature
  Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch
  Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president
  Parliamentary republic with an executive president
Presidential system: Head of government (president) is popularly elected and independent of the legislature
  Presidential republic
Hybrid systems:
  Semi-presidential republic: Executive president is independent of the legislature; head of government is appointed by the president and is accountable to the legislature
  Assembly-independent republic: Head of government (president or directory) is elected by the legislature, but is not accountable to it
  Semi-constitutional monarchy: Monarch holds significant executive or legislative power
  Absolute monarchy: Monarch has unlimited power
  One-party state: Power is constitutionally linked to a single political party
  Military junta: Committee of military leaders controls the government; constitutional provisions are suspended
  Provisional government: No constitutionally defined basis to current regime
  Dependent territories and places without governments
Note: this chart represent de jure systems of government, not the de facto degree of democracy.[citation needed]

Outside Europe edit

In the Ottoman Empire, the Sultan wielded absolute power over the state and was considered a Padishah meaning "Great King" by his people. Many sultans wielded absolute power through heavenly mandates reflected in their title, such as "Shadow of God on Earth". In ancient Mesopotamia, many rulers of Assyria, Babylonia and Sumer were absolute monarchs as well.

Throughout Imperial China, many emperors and one empress (Wu Zetian) wielded absolute power through the Mandate of Heaven. In pre-Columbian America, the Inca Empire was ruled by a Sapa Inca, who was considered the son of Inti, the sun god and absolute ruler over the people and nation. Korea under the Joseon dynasty[10] and short-lived empire was also an absolute monarchy.

Europe edit

Main article: Absolutism (European history)

Throughout much of European history, the divine right of kings was the theological justification for absolute monarchy. Many European monarchs claimed supreme autocratic power by divine right, and that their subjects had no rights to limit their power.

Throughout the Age of Enlightenment, the concept of the divine right to power and democratic ideals were given serious merit.

The Revolutions of 1848, known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples[11] or the Springtime of Nations, were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in 1848. It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history. By the 19th century, divine right was regarded as an obsolete theory in most countries in the Western world, except in Russia where it was still given credence as the official justification for the Tsar's power until February Revolution in 1917 and in the Vatican City where it remains today.

Kingdoms of England and Scotland edit

James VI and I and his son Charles I tried to import the principle of divine right into Scotland and England. Charles I's attempt to enforce episcopal polity on the Church of Scotland led to rebellion by the Covenanters and the Bishops' Wars, then fears that Charles I was attempting to establish absolutist government along European lines was a major cause of the English Civil War, despite the fact that he did rule this way for 11 years starting in 1629, after dissolving the Parliament of England for a time.[12]

Denmark–Norway edit

Further information: Denmark–Norway

Absolutism was underpinned by a written constitution for the first time in Europe in 1665 Kongeloven, 'King's Law' of Denmark–Norway, which ordered that the Monarch:

...shall from this day forth be revered and considered the most perfect and supreme person on the Earth by all his subjects, standing above all human laws and having no judge above his person, neither in spiritual nor temporal matters, except God alone.[13][14]

This law consequently authorized the king to abolish all other centers of power. Most important was the abolition of the Council of the Realm in Denmark. Absolute monarchy lasted until 1814 in Norway, and 1848 in Denmark.

Habsburgs edit

 
Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor
Further information: House of Habsburg

The House of Habsburg is currently extinct in its male line, due to the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in 1700. However, the House of Habsburg-Lorraine still carries the female line of the House of Habsburg.

The first member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over the Holy Roman Empire was Joseph II, a sovereign raised during the Enlightenment. Joseph II extended full legal freedom to serfs in 1781. Franz Joseph I of Austria was Emperor of Austria from 1848 until his death in 1916 and was succeeded by Charles I of Austria. Charles I was the last Emperor of Austria and abdicated on 12 November 1918 due to Austria-Hungary losing World War I.

Hungary edit

Further information: King of Hungary and Kingdom of Hungary
 
Louis XIV of France

France edit

Main article: Absolute monarchy in France

Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) is often falsely said to have proclaimed L'état, c'est moi!, 'I am the State!'.[15] Although often criticized for his extravagances, such as the Palace of Versailles, he reigned over France for a long period, some historians consider him an absolute monarch, while some other historians[who?] have questioned whether Louis' reign should be considered 'absolute', given the reality of the balance of power between the monarch and the nobility, as well as parliaments.[16][need quotation to verify]

The king of France concentrated legislative, executive, and judicial powers in his person. He was the supreme judicial authority. He could condemn people to death without the right of appeal. It was both his duty to punish offenses and stop them from being committed. From his judicial authority followed his power both to make laws and to annul them.[17]

Prussia edit

Further information: Prussia
 
King Frederick II of Prussia, "the Great"

In Brandenburg-Prussia, the concept of absolute monarch took a notable turn from the above with its emphasis on the monarch as the "first servant of the state", but it also echoed many of the important characteristics of absolutism. Prussia was ruled by the House of Hohenzollern as a feudal monarchy from 1525 to 1701 and an absolute monarchy from 1701 to 1848, after which it became a federal semi-constitutional monarchy from 1848 to 1918 until the monarchy was abolished during the German Revolution.[18]

Frederick I was the first King in Prussia, beginning his reign on 18 January 1701.[19] King Frederick the Great adopted the title King of Prussia in 1772, the same year he annexed most of Royal Prussia in the First Partition of Poland, and practiced enlightened absolutism until his death in 1786. He introduced a general civil code, abolished torture and established the principle that the Crown would not interfere in matters of justice.[20] He also promoted an advanced secondary education, the forerunner of today's German gymnasium (grammar school) system, which prepares the brightest pupils for university studies. The Prussian education system was emulated in various countries, including the United States.

Russia edit

Further information: Russian Empire
 
Photograph of Tsar Alexander II, 1878–81

Until 1905, the Tsars and Emperors of Russia governed as absolute monarchs. Ivan the Terrible was known for his reign of terror through oprichnina. Peter I the Great reduced the power of the Russian nobility and strengthened the central power of the monarch, establishing a bureaucracy. This tradition of absolutism, known as Tsarist autocracy, was expanded by Catherine II the Great and her descendants. Although Alexander II made some reforms and established an independent judicial system, Russia did not have a representative assembly or a constitution until the 1905 Revolution. However, the concept of absolutism was so ingrained in Russia that the Russian Constitution of 1906 still described the monarch as an autocrat.

Russia became the last European country (excluding Vatican City) to abolish absolutism, and it was the only one to do so as late as the 20th century (the Ottoman Empire drafted its first constitution in 1876). Russia was one of the four continental empires which collapsed after World War I, along with Germany, Austria–Hungary, and the Ottoman Empire. In 1918, the Bolsheviks executed the Romanov family, ending three centuries of Romanov rule.[21]

Sweden edit

Further information: Swedish Empire

The form of government instituted in Sweden under King Charles XI and passed on to his son, Charles XII is commonly referred to as absolute monarchy; however, the Swedish monarch was never absolute in the sense that he wielded arbitrary power. The monarch still ruled under the law and could only legislate in agreement with the Riksdag of the Estates; rather, the absolutism introduced was the monarch's ability to run the government unfettered by the privy council, contrary to earlier practice. The absolute rule of Charles XI was instituted by the crown and the Riksdag in order to carry out the Great Reduction which would have been made impossible by the privy council which comprised the high nobility.

After the death of Charles XII in 1718, the system of absolute rule was largely blamed for the ruination of the realm in the Great Northern War, and the reaction tipped the balance of power to the other extreme end of the spectrum, ushering in the Age of Liberty. After half a century of largely unrestricted parliamentary rule proved just as ruinous, King Gustav III seized back royal power in the coup d'état of 1772, and later once again abolished the privy council under the Union and Security Act in 1789, which, in turn, was rendered void in 1809 when Gustav IV Adolf was deposed in a coup and the constitution of 1809 was put in its place. The years between 1789 and 1809, then, are also referred to as a period of absolute monarchy.

Contemporary trends edit

Many nations formerly with absolute monarchies, such as Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco and Qatar, have de jure moved towards a constitutional monarchy. However, in these cases, the monarch still retains tremendous powers, even to the extent that by some measures, parliament's influence on political life is viewed as negligible or merely consultative.[a][23][24]

In Bhutan, the government moved from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy following planned parliamentary elections to the Tshogdu in 2003, and the election of a National Assembly in 2008.

In Nepal, there were several swings between constitutional rule and direct rule related to the Nepalese Civil War, the Maoist insurgency, and the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre, with the Nepalese monarchy being abolished on 28 May 2008.[25]

In Tonga, the king had majority control of the Legislative Assembly until 2010.[26]

Liechtenstein edit

Liechtenstein has moved towards expanding the power of the monarch — the Prince of Liechtenstein was given vast expanded powers after a referendum to amend the Constitution of Liechtenstein in 2003, which led BBC News to describe the prince as an "absolute monarch again".[27] The referendum granted the monarch the powers to dismiss the government, nominate judges and veto legislation, among others.[28] Just prior to the referendum, the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe published a comprehensive report analysing the amendments, opining that they were not compatible with the European standards of democracy, effectively making Liechtenstein a de facto absolute monarchy.[29] Prince Hans-Adam II had also previously threatened to leave the country and move his assets out of Liechtenstein if voters had chosen to restrict his powers.[27]

Vatican City edit

Main article: Vatican City

Vatican City continues to be an absolute monarchy, but is sui generis because it is also a microstate, ecclesiastical jurisdiction, and elective monarchy. As of 2023, Vatican City has a population of 764 residents (regardless of citizenship). It is the smallest state in the world both by area and by population. The Pope is the absolute monarch of Vatican City, and is elected by a papal conclave with a two-thirds supermajority.[30][31]

As governed by the Holy See, Vatican City State is an sacerdotal-monarchical state ruled by the Pope, who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church.[32] Unlike citizenship of other states, which is based either on jus sanguinis or jus soli, citizenship of Vatican City is granted on jus officii, namely on the grounds of appointment to work in a certain capacity in the service of the Holy See. It usually ceases upon cessation of the appointment. Citizenship is also extended to the spouse and children of a citizen, provided they are living together in the city.[33]

Current absolute monarchies edit

  Denotes subnational monarchy
Realm Image Monarch Born Age Reign Since Reign Length Succession Ref(s)
  Nation of Brunei, Abode of Peace   Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah (1946-07-15)15 July 1946 77 years, 300 days 4 October 1967 56 years, 219 days Hereditary [34]
  Emirate of Sharjah   Ruler Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi (1939-07-02)2 July 1939 84 years, 313 days 25 January 1972 52 years, 106 days Hereditary [35]
  Emirate of Fujairah   Ruler Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi (1949-02-22)22 February 1949 75 years, 78 days 18 September 1974 49 years, 235 days Hereditary [35]
  Emirate of Ajman   Ruler Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III 1931 (1931) 92–93 years 6 September 1981 42 years, 247 days Hereditary [35]
  Kingdom of Eswatini   Ngwenyama Mswati III (1968-04-19)19 April 1968 56 years, 21 days 25 April 1986 38 years, 15 days Hereditary and elective [36]
  Emirate of Dubai   Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (1949-07-15)15 July 1949 74 years, 300 days 4 January 2006 18 years, 127 days Hereditary [35]
  Emirate of Umm al-Quwain   Ruler Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla (1952-10-01)1 October 1952 71 years, 222 days 2 January 2009 15 years, 129 days Hereditary [35]
  Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah   Ruler Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi (1956-02-10)10 February 1956 68 years, 90 days 27 October 2010 13 years, 196 days Hereditary [35]
  Vatican City State   Supreme Pontiff Francis (1936-12-17)17 December 1936 87 years, 145 days 13 March 2013 11 years, 58 days Elective [37]
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia   King Salman bin Abdul‘aziz (1935-12-31)31 December 1935 88 years, 131 days 23 January 2015 9 years, 108 days Hereditary and elective [38]
  Sultanate of Oman   Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said (1954-10-11)11 October 1954 69 years, 212 days 11 January 2020 4 years, 120 days Hereditary [39][40]
  Emirate of Abu Dhabi   Ruler Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan (1961-03-11)11 March 1961 63 years, 60 days 13 May 2022 1 year, 363 days Hereditary [35]

Saudi Arabia edit

Main article: Politics of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy, and according to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia adopted by Royal Decree in 1992, the King must comply with Shari'a (Islamic law) and the Qur'an.[6] The Qur'an and the body of the Sunnah (traditions of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad) are declared to be the Kingdom's Constitution, but no written modern constitution has ever been promulgated for Saudi Arabia, which remains the only Arab nation where no national elections have ever taken place since its founding.[41][42] No political parties or national elections are permitted.[43][6] The Saudi government is the world's most authoritarian regime in 2023 measured by the electoral democracy score of the V-Dem Democracy indices.[44]

Scholarship edit

There is a considerable variety of opinion by historians on the extent of absolutism among European monarchs. Some, such as Perry Anderson, argue that quite a few monarchs achieved levels of absolutist control over their states, while historians such as Roger Mettam dispute the very concept of absolutism.[45] In general, historians who disagree with the appellation of absolutism argue that most monarchs labeled as absolutist exerted no greater power over their subjects than any other non-absolutist rulers, and these historians tend to emphasize the differences between the absolutist rhetoric of monarchs and the realities of the effective use of power by these absolute monarchs. Renaissance historian William Bouwsma summed up this contradiction:

Nothing so clearly indicates the limits of royal power as the fact that governments were perennially in financial trouble, unable to tap the wealth of those ablest to pay, and likely to stir up a costly revolt whenever they attempted to develop an adequate income.[46]

— William Bouwsma

Anthropology, sociology, and ethology as well as various other disciplines such as political science attempt to explain the rise of absolute monarchy ranging from extrapolation generally, to certain Marxist explanations in terms of the class struggle as the underlying dynamic of human historical development generally and absolute monarchy in particular.

In the 17th century, French legal theorist Jean Domat defended the concept of absolute monarchy in works such as "On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy", citing absolute monarchy as preserving natural order as God intended.[47] Other intellectual figures who supported absolute monarchy include Thomas Hobbes and Charles Maurras.

See also edit

Footnotes edit

  1. ^ "By 1985 the legislature appeared to have become more firmly established and recognized as a body in which notables representing authentic forces in the political spectrum could address national issues and problems. But it had not gained real autonomy or a direct role in the shaping of government policies." [...] "In spite of its formally defined role in the lawmaking and budgetary processes, the parliament had not established itself as an independent branch of government, owing to the restrictions on its constitutional authority and the dominating influence of the king. The fact that the king has been able to govern for long periods by zahir after dissolving the legislative body has further underscored the marginality of the chamber." — J.R. Tartter (1986)[22]

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Further reading edit

  • Anderson, Perry. (1961, 1974). Lineages of the Absolutist State. London: Verso.
  • Beloff, Max. The Age of Absolutism 1660–1815.
  • Blum, Jerome, et al. (1970). The European World, vol 1, pp 267–466.
  • Blum, Jerome, et al. (1951). Lord and Peasant in Russia from the Ninth to the Nineteenth Century. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
  • Kimmel, Michael S. (1988). Absolutism and Its Discontents: State and society in seventeenth-century France and England. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Books.
  • Méttam, Roger. (1988). Power and Faction in Louis XIV's France. New York: Blackwell Publishers.
  • Miller, John (ed.) (1990). Absolutism in Seventeenth-Century Europe. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Wilson, Peter H. (2000). Absolutism in Central Europe. New York: Routledge.
  • Zmohra, Hillay. (2001). Monarchy, Aristocracy, and the State in Europe – 1300–1800. New York: Routledge.

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Absolute monarchy 1 2 is a form of monarchy in which the sovereign is the sole source of political power unconstrained by constitutions legislatures or other checks on their authority 3 Salman bin Abdulaziz and Haitham bin Tariq are the absolute monarchs of Saudi Arabia and Oman respectively This article possibly contains original research Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations Statements consisting only of original research should be removed September 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message The absolutist system of government saw its high point in Europe during the 16th and 17th century associated with a form of rule unconstrained by the former checks of feudalism embodied by figures such as Louis XIV of France the Sun King Attempting to establish an absolutist government along continental lines Charles I of England viewed Parliament as unnecessary which would ultimately lead to the English Civil War 1642 51 and his execution Absolutism declined substantially first following the French Revolution and later after World War I both of which led to the popularization of modes of government based on the notion of popular sovereignty Nonetheless it provided an ideological foundation for the newer political theories and movements that emerged to oppose liberal democracy such as Legitimism and Carlism in the early 19th century or integral nationalism in the early 20th century Absolute monarchies include Brunei Eswatini 4 Oman 5 Saudi Arabia 6 Vatican City 7 and the individual emirates composing the United Arab Emirates which itself is a federation of such monarchies a federal monarchy 8 9 Though absolute monarchies are sometimes supported by legal documents they are distinct from constitutional monarchies in which the authority of the monarch is restricted e g by legislature or unwritten customs or balanced by that of other officials such as a prime minister 3 Contents 1 Historical examples of absolute monarchies 1 1 Outside Europe 1 2 Europe 1 2 1 Kingdoms of England and Scotland 1 2 2 Denmark Norway 1 2 3 Habsburgs 1 2 4 Hungary 1 2 5 France 1 2 6 Prussia 1 2 7 Russia 1 2 8 Sweden 2 Contemporary trends 2 1 Liechtenstein 2 2 Vatican City 3 Current absolute monarchies 3 1 Saudi Arabia 4 Scholarship 5 See also 6 Footnotes 7 References 8 Further readingHistorical examples of absolute monarchies edit nbsp World s states coloured by systems of government Parliamentary systems Head of government is elected or nominated by and accountable to the legislature Constitutional monarchy with a ceremonial monarch Parliamentary republic with a ceremonial president Parliamentary republic with an executive president Presidential system Head of government president is popularly elected and independent of the legislature Presidential republic Hybrid systems Semi presidential republic Executive president is independent of the legislature head of government is appointed by the president and is accountable to the legislature Assembly independent republic Head of government president or directory is elected by the legislature but is not accountable to it Semi constitutional monarchy Monarch holds significant executive or legislative power Absolute monarchy Monarch has unlimited power One party state Power is constitutionally linked to a single political party Military junta Committee of military leaders controls the government constitutional provisions are suspended Provisional government No constitutionally defined basis to current regime Dependent territories and places without governments Note this chart represent de jure systems of government not the de facto degree of democracy citation needed vte Outside Europe edit In the Ottoman Empire the Sultan wielded absolute power over the state and was considered a Padishah meaning Great King by his people Many sultans wielded absolute power through heavenly mandates reflected in their title such as Shadow of God on Earth In ancient Mesopotamia many rulers of Assyria Babylonia and Sumer were absolute monarchs as well Throughout Imperial China many emperors and one empress Wu Zetian wielded absolute power through the Mandate of Heaven In pre Columbian America the Inca Empire was ruled by a Sapa Inca who was considered the son of Inti the sun god and absolute ruler over the people and nation Korea under the Joseon dynasty 10 and short lived empire was also an absolute monarchy Europe edit Main article Absolutism European history Throughout much of European history the divine right of kings was the theological justification for absolute monarchy Many European monarchs claimed supreme autocratic power by divine right and that their subjects had no rights to limit their power Throughout the Age of Enlightenment the concept of the divine right to power and democratic ideals were given serious merit The Revolutions of 1848 known in some countries as the Springtime of the Peoples 11 or the Springtime of Nations were a series of political upheavals throughout Europe in 1848 It remains the most widespread revolutionary wave in European history By the 19th century divine right was regarded as an obsolete theory in most countries in the Western world except in Russia where it was still given credence as the official justification for the Tsar s power until February Revolution in 1917 and in the Vatican City where it remains today Kingdoms of England and Scotland edit James VI and I and his son Charles I tried to import the principle of divine right into Scotland and England Charles I s attempt to enforce episcopal polity on the Church of Scotland led to rebellion by the Covenanters and the Bishops Wars then fears that Charles I was attempting to establish absolutist government along European lines was a major cause of the English Civil War despite the fact that he did rule this way for 11 years starting in 1629 after dissolving the Parliament of England for a time 12 Denmark Norway edit Further information Denmark NorwayAbsolutism was underpinned by a written constitution for the first time in Europe in 1665 Kongeloven King s Law of Denmark Norway which ordered that the Monarch shall from this day forth be revered and considered the most perfect and supreme person on the Earth by all his subjects standing above all human laws and having no judge above his person neither in spiritual nor temporal matters except God alone 13 14 This law consequently authorized the king to abolish all other centers of power Most important was the abolition of the Council of the Realm in Denmark Absolute monarchy lasted until 1814 in Norway and 1848 in Denmark Habsburgs edit nbsp Joseph II Holy Roman Emperor Further information House of Habsburg The House of Habsburg is currently extinct in its male line due to the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in 1700 However the House of Habsburg Lorraine still carries the female line of the House of Habsburg The first member of the House of Habsburg Lorraine to rule over the Holy Roman Empire was Joseph II a sovereign raised during the Enlightenment Joseph II extended full legal freedom to serfs in 1781 Franz Joseph I of Austria was Emperor of Austria from 1848 until his death in 1916 and was succeeded by Charles I of Austria Charles I was the last Emperor of Austria and abdicated on 12 November 1918 due to Austria Hungary losing World War I Hungary edit Further information King of Hungary and Kingdom of Hungary This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it August 2021 nbsp Louis XIV of France France edit Main article Absolute monarchy in France Louis XIV of France 1638 1715 is often falsely said to have proclaimed L etat c est moi I am the State 15 Although often criticized for his extravagances such as the Palace of Versailles he reigned over France for a long period some historians consider him an absolute monarch while some other historians who have questioned whether Louis reign should be considered absolute given the reality of the balance of power between the monarch and the nobility as well as parliaments 16 need quotation to verify The king of France concentrated legislative executive and judicial powers in his person He was the supreme judicial authority He could condemn people to death without the right of appeal It was both his duty to punish offenses and stop them from being committed From his judicial authority followed his power both to make laws and to annul them 17 Prussia edit Further information Prussia nbsp King Frederick II of Prussia the Great In Brandenburg Prussia the concept of absolute monarch took a notable turn from the above with its emphasis on the monarch as the first servant of the state but it also echoed many of the important characteristics of absolutism Prussia was ruled by the House of Hohenzollern as a feudal monarchy from 1525 to 1701 and an absolute monarchy from 1701 to 1848 after which it became a federal semi constitutional monarchy from 1848 to 1918 until the monarchy was abolished during the German Revolution 18 Frederick I was the first King in Prussia beginning his reign on 18 January 1701 19 King Frederick the Great adopted the title King of Prussia in 1772 the same year he annexed most of Royal Prussia in the First Partition of Poland and practiced enlightened absolutism until his death in 1786 He introduced a general civil code abolished torture and established the principle that the Crown would not interfere in matters of justice 20 He also promoted an advanced secondary education the forerunner of today s German gymnasium grammar school system which prepares the brightest pupils for university studies The Prussian education system was emulated in various countries including the United States Russia edit Further information Russian Empire nbsp Photograph of Tsar Alexander II 1878 81 Until 1905 the Tsars and Emperors of Russia governed as absolute monarchs Ivan the Terrible was known for his reign of terror through oprichnina Peter I the Great reduced the power of the Russian nobility and strengthened the central power of the monarch establishing a bureaucracy This tradition of absolutism known as Tsarist autocracy was expanded by Catherine II the Great and her descendants Although Alexander II made some reforms and established an independent judicial system Russia did not have a representative assembly or a constitution until the 1905 Revolution However the concept of absolutism was so ingrained in Russia that the Russian Constitution of 1906 still described the monarch as an autocrat Russia became the last European country excluding Vatican City to abolish absolutism and it was the only one to do so as late as the 20th century the Ottoman Empire drafted its first constitution in 1876 Russia was one of the four continental empires which collapsed after World War I along with Germany Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire In 1918 the Bolsheviks executed the Romanov family ending three centuries of Romanov rule 21 Sweden edit Further information Swedish Empire The form of government instituted in Sweden under King Charles XI and passed on to his son Charles XII is commonly referred to as absolute monarchy however the Swedish monarch was never absolute in the sense that he wielded arbitrary power The monarch still ruled under the law and could only legislate in agreement with the Riksdag of the Estates rather the absolutism introduced was the monarch s ability to run the government unfettered by the privy council contrary to earlier practice The absolute rule of Charles XI was instituted by the crown and the Riksdag in order to carry out the Great Reduction which would have been made impossible by the privy council which comprised the high nobility After the death of Charles XII in 1718 the system of absolute rule was largely blamed for the ruination of the realm in the Great Northern War and the reaction tipped the balance of power to the other extreme end of the spectrum ushering in the Age of Liberty After half a century of largely unrestricted parliamentary rule proved just as ruinous King Gustav III seized back royal power in the coup d etat of 1772 and later once again abolished the privy council under the Union and Security Act in 1789 which in turn was rendered void in 1809 when Gustav IV Adolf was deposed in a coup and the constitution of 1809 was put in its place The years between 1789 and 1809 then are also referred to as a period of absolute monarchy Contemporary trends editMany nations formerly with absolute monarchies such as Jordan Kuwait Morocco and Qatar have de jure moved towards a constitutional monarchy However in these cases the monarch still retains tremendous powers even to the extent that by some measures parliament s influence on political life is viewed as negligible or merely consultative a 23 24 In Bhutan the government moved from absolute monarchy to constitutional monarchy following planned parliamentary elections to the Tshogdu in 2003 and the election of a National Assembly in 2008 In Nepal there were several swings between constitutional rule and direct rule related to the Nepalese Civil War the Maoist insurgency and the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre with the Nepalese monarchy being abolished on 28 May 2008 25 In Tonga the king had majority control of the Legislative Assembly until 2010 26 Liechtenstein edit Liechtenstein has moved towards expanding the power of the monarch the Prince of Liechtenstein was given vast expanded powers after a referendum to amend the Constitution of Liechtenstein in 2003 which led BBC News to describe the prince as an absolute monarch again 27 The referendum granted the monarch the powers to dismiss the government nominate judges and veto legislation among others 28 Just prior to the referendum the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe published a comprehensive report analysing the amendments opining that they were not compatible with the European standards of democracy effectively making Liechtenstein a de facto absolute monarchy 29 Prince Hans Adam II had also previously threatened to leave the country and move his assets out of Liechtenstein if voters had chosen to restrict his powers 27 Vatican City edit Main article Vatican City Vatican City continues to be an absolute monarchy but is sui generis because it is also a microstate ecclesiastical jurisdiction and elective monarchy As of 2023 Vatican City has a population of 764 residents regardless of citizenship It is the smallest state in the world both by area and by population The Pope is the absolute monarch of Vatican City and is elected by a papal conclave with a two thirds supermajority 30 31 As governed by the Holy See Vatican City State is an sacerdotal monarchical state ruled by the Pope who is the bishop of Rome and head of the Catholic Church 32 Unlike citizenship of other states which is based either on jus sanguinis or jus soli citizenship of Vatican City is granted on jus officii namely on the grounds of appointment to work in a certain capacity in the service of the Holy See It usually ceases upon cessation of the appointment Citizenship is also extended to the spouse and children of a citizen provided they are living together in the city 33 Current absolute monarchies edit Denotes subnational monarchy Realm Image Monarch Born Age Reign Since Reign Length Succession Ref s nbsp Nation of Brunei Abode of Peace nbsp Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah 1946 07 15 15 July 1946 77 years 300 days 4 October 1967 56 years 219 days Hereditary 34 nbsp Emirate of Sharjah nbsp Ruler Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi 1939 07 02 2 July 1939 84 years 313 days 25 January 1972 52 years 106 days Hereditary 35 nbsp Emirate of Fujairah nbsp Ruler Hamad bin Mohammed Al Sharqi 1949 02 22 22 February 1949 75 years 78 days 18 September 1974 49 years 235 days Hereditary 35 nbsp Emirate of Ajman nbsp Ruler Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III 1931 1931 92 93 years 6 September 1981 42 years 247 days Hereditary 35 nbsp Kingdom of Eswatini nbsp Ngwenyama Mswati III 1968 04 19 19 April 1968 56 years 21 days 25 April 1986 38 years 15 days Hereditary and elective 36 nbsp Emirate of Dubai nbsp Ruler Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum 1949 07 15 15 July 1949 74 years 300 days 4 January 2006 18 years 127 days Hereditary 35 nbsp Emirate of Umm al Quwain nbsp Ruler Saud bin Rashid Al Mualla 1952 10 01 1 October 1952 71 years 222 days 2 January 2009 15 years 129 days Hereditary 35 nbsp Emirate of Ras al Khaimah nbsp Ruler Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi 1956 02 10 10 February 1956 68 years 90 days 27 October 2010 13 years 196 days Hereditary 35 nbsp Vatican City State nbsp Supreme Pontiff Francis 1936 12 17 17 December 1936 87 years 145 days 13 March 2013 11 years 58 days Elective 37 nbsp Kingdom of Saudi Arabia nbsp King Salman bin Abdul aziz 1935 12 31 31 December 1935 88 years 131 days 23 January 2015 9 years 108 days Hereditary and elective 38 nbsp Sultanate of Oman nbsp Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said 1954 10 11 11 October 1954 69 years 212 days 11 January 2020 4 years 120 days Hereditary 39 40 nbsp Emirate of Abu Dhabi nbsp Ruler Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan 1961 03 11 11 March 1961 63 years 60 days 13 May 2022 1 year 363 days Hereditary 35 Saudi Arabia edit Main article Politics of Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia is an absolute monarchy and according to the Basic Law of Saudi Arabia adopted by Royal Decree in 1992 the King must comply with Shari a Islamic law and the Qur an 6 The Qur an and the body of the Sunnah traditions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad are declared to be the Kingdom s Constitution but no written modern constitution has ever been promulgated for Saudi Arabia which remains the only Arab nation where no national elections have ever taken place since its founding 41 42 No political parties or national elections are permitted 43 6 The Saudi government is the world s most authoritarian regime in 2023 measured by the electoral democracy score of the V Dem Democracy indices 44 Scholarship editThere is a considerable variety of opinion by historians on the extent of absolutism among European monarchs Some such as Perry Anderson argue that quite a few monarchs achieved levels of absolutist control over their states while historians such as Roger Mettam dispute the very concept of absolutism 45 In general historians who disagree with the appellation of absolutism argue that most monarchs labeled as absolutist exerted no greater power over their subjects than any other non absolutist rulers and these historians tend to emphasize the differences between the absolutist rhetoric of monarchs and the realities of the effective use of power by these absolute monarchs Renaissance historian William Bouwsma summed up this contradiction Nothing so clearly indicates the limits of royal power as the fact that governments were perennially in financial trouble unable to tap the wealth of those ablest to pay and likely to stir up a costly revolt whenever they attempted to develop an adequate income 46 William Bouwsma Anthropology sociology and ethology as well as various other disciplines such as political science attempt to explain the rise of absolute monarchy ranging from extrapolation generally to certain Marxist explanations in terms of the class struggle as the underlying dynamic of human historical development generally and absolute monarchy in particular In the 17th century French legal theorist Jean Domat defended the concept of absolute monarchy in works such as On Social Order and Absolute Monarchy citing absolute monarchy as preserving natural order as God intended 47 Other intellectual figures who supported absolute monarchy include Thomas Hobbes and Charles Maurras See also edit nbsp Monarchy portal Autocracy Authoritarianism Constitutional monarchy Criticism of monarchy Democracy Despotism Dictatorship Enlightened absolutism Jacques Bossuet Monarchomachs Presidential system Theonomy Thomas Hobbes Totalitarianism TyrannyFootnotes edit By 1985 the legislature appeared to have 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